Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Media Center Kit Installation Guide download pdf

WinTV-HVR-2250

Dual hybrid PCI Express Video

Recorder for NSTC, ATSC and clear

QAM

Quick Installation

Guide

Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Telephone:631-434-1600

91 Cabot Court Fax:631-434-3198

Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tech Support:631-434-3197

[email protected]

Internet addresses:

Sales: [email protected]

Web site: www.hauppauge.com

QI-HVR-2250-ENG-V2.5 Sept. 20, 2009

Contents of the WinTV-HVR-2250 package

• WinTV-HVR-2250 PCI Express board with dual hybrid

NTSC/ATSC/QAM TV tuners

• A/V breakout cable for the primary A/V input

• A/V panel and cable to add a second set of audio/video inputs

• Remote control transmitter and IR remote control

receiver/blaster cable (on models with remote control)

• IR transmitter cable for the A/V input on the A/V panel (on mod-

els with remote control)

• WinTV-HVR Installation CD-ROM including WinTV v7 application

with TV scheduler

Installing the

WinTV-HVR-2250

WinTV-HVR-2250 is a PCI Express TV tuner board with two TV tuners,

each which can be used to watch or record an analog or digital clear QAM

cable TV or ATSC digital TV program at the same time. Each analog TV

tuner also includes a hardware MPEG-2 encoder, so that your computer

does not slow down when watching or recording analog TV channels.

WinTV-HVR-2250 is designed for WindowsXP, Windows Vista and

WIndows 7. It can be used with Windows Media Center or Hauppauge’s

WinTV v7 application.

Note: if you are running the Windows Media Center application,

you only need to install the WinTV-HVR Windows device driver. You

do not need to install the Hauppauge WinTV applications. But if you are

using Windows Media Center and want to use the on board Media

Center compatible receiver transmitter, you also need to run the

Hauppauge CIR config tool and select Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-

2250. See below in the section entitled “Configuring the IR Blaster”.

Installation overview

✓ Install the WinTV-HVR-2250 board in a PCI Express slot in your

PC and connect a TV source.

✓ On models supplied with the Media Center remote control, plug the

IR remote control receiver/blaster cable into the Remote con-

trol connector. Position the IR receiver/learn sensor where

infra-red light from the remote control transmitter can hit it.

✓ Install the A/V panel in another slot in your PC, and connect the

supplied cable to the WinTV-HVR-2250 connector.

✓ After booting Windows, install WinTV-HVR Windows device driver

from the WinTV-HVR-2250 Installation CD-ROM.

✓ Optional: After the Windows driver is installed, install the WinTV

applications from the WinTV-HVR-2250 Installation CD-ROM.

Install the WinTV-HVR-2250 board and connect

the cables

Turn the power off on your PC. Install the WinTV-HVR-2250 into a

PCI Express slot.

TV connection

Plug your cable TV or ATSC digital TV antenna into the TV

Connector. Plug an FM antenna into the FM radio connector if desired.

A/V breakout cable

The A/V breakout cable can be used to bring audio/video from a satel-

lite TV or cable set top box. Plug the A/V breakout cable into the A/V

input connector.

If you a re using a cable TV or satellite TV set top box

Connect the set top box to the WinTV-HVR-1850 through either S-

Video or Composite video connector on the WinTV board. You can

also connect a coax cable from the RF Out on your set top box to the

TV connector on the A/V breakout cable.

Installing the IR remote control receiver/blaster

(on models supplied with remote control)

On models supplied with the Hauppauge Media Center compatible

remote control, the IR remote control receiver/blaster cable is

plugged into the Remote control connector. Add the supplied batter-

ies to the Remote control transmitter.

Note: the Hauppauge remote control can also be used with the

Hauppauge WinTV v7 application. See instructions below to configure

the remote control for Hauppauge’s WinTV application.

Note: The use of the IR Blaster is optional. It is only needed if

you have a cable TV or satellite set top box and want Media Center

or WinTV v7 to change the channels on your set top box. If you are not

using a set top box, you should still connect the IR remote control

receiver/blaster cable, but you will only use the IR receiver sensor.

The IR remote control receiver/blaster cable has two ends: the IR

receiver/learn sensor and the IR blaster:

• Position the IR receiver/learn sensor in a spot on your PC where

it will be able to receive infra-red commands from the Media Center

remote control device. Use the Velcro dot (on the back of the IR

receiver) to position the IR receiver and learn sensor.

• Optional: position the IR blaster on your cable TV or satellite set

top box. Infrared light from the IR blaster needs to hit the remote

control receiver in your set top box.

To test the IR Remote control receiver, click the Start button in the mid-

dle of the remote control. Windows Media Center should open.

Install the auxiliary A/V panel

The A/V panel and cable can add a second set of audio/video inputs

to the WinTV-HVR-2250. Install the Auxiliary A/V panel in a slot on the

back of your PC. Plug the cable into the 12 pin Auxiliary A/V connec-

tor on the WinTV-HVR-2250.

Install WinTV-HVR-2250 software

Turn on your PC, and boot into Windows.

If a 'Found New Hardware' wizard appears, please cancel it and

allow windows to load fully before proceeding.

Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PC’s CD-ROM drive.

ote: if the CD

does not

autorun, navigate to

the CD and run the

'Setup.exe' file.

“Hauppauge WinTV

Installation CD-ROM”

window will appear on the

screen.

Install the WinTV

driver

Click the button labeled Step 1: Install Drivers.

A blue screen will open and begin installing the drivers for your WinTV.

Once the drivers have installed, click on the Finish bar to exit.

If you are using Windows Media Center and want to

use the Hauppauge remote control with Media Center:

Go to the WinTV V7 installation CD in the MISC folder and run

HCWCIRConfig_Tool.exe

Put a check in the box labeled “Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250”. Click

OK to save the changes.

ote: your computer must be restarted for the changes

to take effect.

Install the WinTV applications (optional: not needed if

you are using Windows Media Center)

Click the button labeled Step 2: Install WinTV

The setup application will then open and begin automatically installing

the WinTV application components. Once complete, click OK then Exit.

ote: the latest driver updates are available at:

www.hauppauge.com

TV Tuner set up in

Windows Media Center

ote: Media Center requires Windows 7 or TV Pack 2008

to support QAM TV channels. You can also use the

Hauppauge WinTV v7 application, or SageTV or BeyondTV.

Run the Windows Media Center application.

Cursor down to Tasks. Cursor left to Settings. Click Enter.

Cursor down to TV. Click Enter.

Cursor down to Set up TV Signal. Click Enter. Click Next.

In Confirm your Region, make sure your region is selected. Click

Next.

You will see a message which says Download TV Setup options. This

takes about 5 minutes to complete.

Click Next when this download is complete.

At TV Signal, click 'I will configure my TV signal manually' and click

You will then see: Cable / Satellite / Antenna. Chose the source of

your TV signal (Cable for use with analog cable TV, Satellite for use with

a satellite set top box and Antenna for use with ATSC digital over the air

TV) and click Next.

At this point, Media Center will set up the TV tuner. This might take a

minute or so.

You will then see a message saying Exami ning cable TV, antenna or

set top box connection.

After determining the type of signal, you will see You are Done!

ote: If you see a message “IR hardware not detected”,

and you are only using one TV tuner, then you need to

tell Media Center to use only Tuner 1.

Click through the rest of the settings, set up your Guide listings and

click Finish.

Then return to the main menu. Go to TV + Movies and then Live TV to

watch and record TV.

Running WinTV v7 for the first time

To run the WinTV v7 application for watching TV,

recording videos and playing them back on your PC,

double click on the WinTV icon on your Windows desk

top.

When you run WinTV for the first

time, the WinTV Device Setup

Wizard appears. Select the TV

source that you are using. On

some model WinTVs, you have

multiple tuners and therefore you

can select multiple sources. For

the WinTV-HVR-2250, you can

chose either ATSC or Digital QAM

and Analog TV. You cannot chose

both Digital ATSC and Digital

QAM.

ATSC digital over-the-air TV

Select Digital ATSC and click Next. In the ATSC Setup menu, click

Next. You will see the Digital

ATSC Scan scanning for digital

over-the-air channels.

The digital TV scanning process

will scan from channels 2 to 51.

As TV channels are found, they

will appear in the Channel box.

When complete, click Next / Next

and OK.

ote: if you do not receive any ATSC digital TV channels,

an antenna signal booster might be needed. After

adding a signal booster, see below for instructions on res-

canning and the Troubleshooting section for information on

choosing an antenna.

Clear QAM Digital Cable TV

Clear QAM digital cable TV channels are those TV channels broadcast

on a digital cable network which are

unencrypted (‘free to view’). If you

have a cable operator who trans-

mits clear QAM digital TV programs,

chose Digital QAM and Next.

Encrypted channels are automati-

cally not selected. The resulting

channels in the list might be both

standard and high definition chan-

nels.

Analog cable TV

Select your Country and your TV Source from the drop down list. To

automatically scan for

channels, click Next to

continue.

ote: If you’d

like to use

the A/V inputs,

please select

External Inputs.

Click the Scan button

and WinTV will automati-

cally scan for analog

channels. The scanning process takes about 10 minutes.

External audio/video sources

You can bring video into the WinTV from an external audio/video source

such as a cable TV or satellite set top box.

In the Device Setup

Wizard, select

External Inputs and

click Next.

You will be presented

with the option to add

a Composite and an

S-Video Input. Please

select your country (if

not correct) and click

Next.

If you wish to connect

a source not normally designed for operation in your country, you can

configure the Video Format manually from the drop down list. Change

the value from “AUTO”.

Note: Pal BGHIDK is the commonly used format in Europe. NTSC is the

broadcast format used in North America.

Rescanning TV channels

If you want to rescan for TV channels, click the Setup menu (Gear but-

ton in the lower left corner of WinTV v7).

Then click on the Devices tab. Chose your WinTV device by clicking on

it, then click Tuner setup. Chose the TV format you want to scan, then

click Next. Click Next and a new scan will be started. When the scan is

complete, click Next / Next and OK.

Using the WinTV v7 application

To watch TV, click the Watch TV button.

To see the TV Channel list, click your right mouse button in the TV

window and select Find Channel.

Options menu

The Options menu is the main menu where you can select channels,

turn on closed captions, open the TV Scheduler, show the TV Guide and

many other of the most important TV control functions.

To bring up the Options Menu, click your right mouse button once

in the TV window .

To see the channel list, click on Find channel. You will see the list of

FM radio connector

TV Connector

for ATSC antenna or cable TV

A/V input connector

for the A/V breakout cable for S-Video,

composite video and left and right audio

Remote control connector

for the IR remote control receiver/blaster cable

IR remote control

receiver/blaster cable*

IR receiver/learn sensor

(point your remote control at this sensor)

IR blaster

(only used if you have a cable TV or satellite

set top box)

Auxiliary A/V connector

12-pin connector

Auxiliary A/V cable

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